Daily Archives: August 28, 2011

Quote of the Week: “That letter is a criminal act against science, against open inquiry. Not only is the world in the hands of intellectual children, they are warring against real science, whose main pillar is open inquiry” by Claes-Göran Johnson in response to the letter by IPCC Vice-Chair Van Ypersele censoring Fred Singer and…

From the American Chemical Society, a call for science superheros. I suppose this means the Goreacle is not in the running. Remedies for science’s shortage of superheroes DENVER, Aug. 28, 2011 — One of the most serious personnel shortages in the global science and engineering workforce — numbering more than 20 million in the United…

Open question to WUWT readers: Will one member of the mainstream media — that was so quick to give page-space to Bill McKibben’s ludicrous assertions about Irene — even bring up these comments by Gore? Will Revkin or Bryan Walsh or ThinkProgress disassociate themselves and their orgs or simply assent through their silence? Update:…

At noon 8/28/11 PST, I’ve discontinued this thread as a “top post” on WUWT. NOTE: New posts will appear below this one while Irene is in play. UPDATE: at 5PM EST 8/28 Irene is a tropical storm with sustained winds of 50mph. See updated bulletin 34 below New exclusive high definition tracking map added to…

Post by Dr. Ryan N. Maue Update: August 29 — Tropical Depression 12 has formed out of the strong African easterly wave near 30W. It will generally move Westward over the next 5-days gaining strength steadily, likely becoming a major hurricane by the end of the week. Colorado State satellite imagery — here. Update: the…